The Analysis of Register Used in Five Selected Beauty

Vloggers Videos on YouTube

A Thesis

Written by:
Fransiska Yuanita
1314025052

Department of English Literature

Faculty of Cultural Sciences
Mulawarman University

Samarinda
2020
 The Analysis of Register Used in Five Selected Beauty
Vloggers Videos on YouTube

A Thesis

Written by:
Fransiska Yuanita
1314025052

As a fulfillment of the final requirement to complete the Undergraduate

Program in the Department of English Literature

Faculty of Cultural Sciences

Mulawarman University

Samarinda
2020

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 ORIGINALITY TESTAMENT

I, hereby testify that the thesis titled,

The Analysis of Register Used in Five Selected Beauty Vloggers Videos on

YouTube

written as the part of the requirements to complete the Undergraduate Program at

the English Literature Department, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Mulawarman

University, to my knowledge is not a work of plagiarism or a copy from another

thesis that has been or has not been published or has been used to earn a degree in

Mulawarman University or other institutions, unless the citation and quotations that

have been concluded comply with the regulations of academic writing.

Samarinda, July, 17th 2020

Fransiska Yuanita

1314025052

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Fransiska Yuanita Advisors:
1314025052 Prof. Dr. M. Bahri Arifin, M.Hum
Setya Ariani, M.Pd

The Analysis of Register Used in Five Selected Beauty Vloggers Videos on

YouTube

ABSTRACT

Register is one of the language varieties caused by the difference in usage

fields. It also occurs due to the social interaction performed by people in their
everyday life. This research aimed to find out the types of beauty register, the
linguistic forms, and the language functions in the five selected beauty vloggers
videos on YouTube. The design of this research was a descriptive qualitative. The
data concerned were words, compound words, and phrases taken from two different
sources: ten videos’ transcripts and ten videos. Data collection was performed
through watching the ten beauty vloggers videos, reading the ten videos’ transcripts,
and taking notes of the needed data. Data analysis was conducted through data
reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing.

There were three results found in this research. First, the types of register
identified in the ten beauty vloggers videos were casual and consultative. Second, the
linguistic forms of each beauty register found were categorized into three divisions:
(1) words, compound words, and phrases as grammatical unit; (2) noun, verb, and
adjective as grammatical category; and (3) object and predicate as grammatical
functions. Third, the language functions contained within all the beauty registers
found were identified as ideational and textual. As the conclusion, the use of register
may differ following to the social setting where the speaker is involved.

Key words: linguistic, register, language function, beauty vlogger

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

All praise to Jesus Christ as My Lord for all the beautiful things He has

blessed my life with. Most importantly in special occasions in my life such as this

research.

The researcher would also like to express her gratitude to her family, the

lecturers, and friends for their greatest help in bringing this research to be

completed.

1. Dr. H. Masrur Yahya, M.Hum as the Dean of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences.

2. Singgih Daru Kuncara, M.Hum as the Head of English Literature Study Program

for his guidance, advice, and critics so that the researcher is able to finish this

research.

3. Prof. Dr. M. Bahri Arifin, M.Hum as the first advisor. Thank you for guiding,

helping, and criticizing the researcher and this research as well. Those are truly

priceless in helping this research to be done.

4. Setya Ariani, M.Pd as the second advisor. Thank you for providing her time and

help in improving this research.

5. The dearest Mbah Kung and Oma Lita. Thank you so much for every single

support that you have given to the researcher. Without the both of you, the

researcher would not be able to reach into this stage of life.

6. To the researcher’s beloved husband, Ody. It is clearly that the researcher could

not put beautiful or impressive words together to describe how blessed the

researcher is to be with you. For everything.

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7. To the researcher’s moon, star, sun, and Milky Way: a son to the researcher’s

life, Koko Kevin. Your existence is simply the researcher’s life. Thank you for

existing in the researcher’s life.

8. Aipda Petrus Kondo as the researcher’s grandfather. Thank you for being one of

the people who keeps motivating the researcher to get a better education.

Although this is late, the researcher would like to present this research for you.

9. To Mama Opal, Bundo Seli, Bude, Lelel, Mama Dara for the sisterhood and

support given to the researcher. It all means a great deal.

10. To Ayd. Thank you for helping in understanding this research. It would be a

rough path for the researcher to do it alone.

Samarinda,

Fransiska Yuanita
NIM. 1314025052

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 TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE OF TITLE............................................................................................... ii
PAGE OF APPROVAL .................................................................................... iii
ORIGINALITY TESTAMENT ....................................................................... iv
ABSTRACT ....................................................................................................... v
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................ vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS ................................................................................ viii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
1.1 Research Background..................................................................................... 1
1.2 Research Questions ........................................................................................ 5
1.3 Research Purposes.......................................................................................... 6
1.4 Research Significance .................................................................................... 6
1.5 Research Scope and Limitation ...................................................................... 7
1.6 Definition of Key Terms ................................................................................ 8
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
2.1 Sociolinguistics .............................................................................................. 9
2.2 Language Variety ......................................................................................... 10
2.3 Register........................................................................................................ 11
2.3.1 Types of Register ............................................................................. 12
2.3.2 Factors of Register ........................................................................... 13
2.4 Linguistic Forms .......................................................................................... 15
2.4.1 Grammatical Unit............................................................................. 15
2.4.2 Grammatical Category ..................................................................... 18
2.4.3 Grammatical Functions .................................................................... 22
2.5 Language Functions ..................................................................................... 25
2.5.1 Ideational Function .......................................................................... 26
2.5.2 Interpersonal Function...................................................................... 26
2.5.3 Textual Function .............................................................................. 27
2.6 Previous Researches ..................................................................................... 27

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CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
3.1 Research Design........................................................................................... 31
3.2 Research Instrument ..................................................................................... 32
3.3 Data and Data Source ................................................................................... 32
3.4 Data Collection ............................................................................................ 32
3.5 Data Analysis ............................................................................................... 33
CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION
4.1 Findings ....................................................................................................... 35
4.1.1 Register Types ................................................................................. 37
4.1.1.1 Jeffreestar’s Videos ....................................................................... 37
4.1.1.2 Jackie Aina’s Videos ..................................................................... 40
4.1.1.3 Nikki Lilly’s Videos ...................................................................... 43
4.1.1.4 My Pale Skin’s Videos .................................................................. 47
4.1.1.5 NikkieTutorials’ Videos ................................................................ 51
4.1.2 Linguistic Forms .............................................................................. 54
4.1.2.1 Jeffreestar’s Videos ...................................................................... 55
4.1.2.2 Jackie Aina’s Videos .................................................................... 58
4.1.2.3 Nikki Lilly’s Videos ..................................................................... 62
4.1.2.4 My Pale Skin’s Videos ................................................................. 65
4.1.2.5 NikkieTutorials’ Videos ............................................................... 69
4.1.3 Language Functions ......................................................................... 73
4.1.3.1 Jeffreestar’s Videos ...................................................................... 73
4.1.3.2 Jackie Aina’s Videos .................................................................... 76
4.1.3.3 Nikki Lilly’s Videos ..................................................................... 79
4.1.3.4 My Pale Skin’s Videos ................................................................. 82
4.1.3.5 NikkieTutorials’ Videos ............................................................... 85
4.2 Discussion.................................................................................................... 88
CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusions ................................................................................................. 93
5.2 Suggestion ................................................................................................... 94

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REFERENCES ................................................................................................ 95
APPENDICES .................................................................................................. 98

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 LIST OF TABLE

TABLE 1 Data of Beauty Registers Type........................................................... 36

TABLE 2 Data of Linguistic Forms and Language Functions ........................... 36

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